We'll have a siren that will blast off at midnight. Wherever you're on the course, you'll be able to hear it. |
We're not obligated to license this source code. But one thing is perfectly clear. If you're not able to understand these protocols, the source code is the ultimate documentation. It is the DNA of the Windows server operating system. |
We're reaching a point where the legal issues from the 1990s are behind us. |
We've got three million businesses using the product and four out of five accountants recommend us. We think we'll remain the market leader. We are not concerned. |
We've shipped a new version of Windows, we've paid an historic fine and we've provided unprecedented access to Microsoft technology to promote interoperability with other industry players. Yet every time we make a change, we find that the Commission moves the goal post and demands another change. |
We've shipped a new version of Windows, we've paid an historic fine, and we've provided unprecedented access to Microsoft technology to promote interoperability with other industry players. In total, we have now responded to more than 100 requests from the Commission. |
What people don't realize if they're burning grass and the wind blows it into another yard and if you catch a house on fire, you're responsible for that house. |
What we thought just a year ago we might need to do over the course of a decade or longer, we are now here today to talk about doing much faster. |
While we are confident that we are presently in full compliance with the decision, we wish to dispel any notion that Microsoft's technical documents are insufficient. |
With today's announcement, Microsoft has supplemented the existing resources with a new license for all of the Windows Server source code that implements all of the communications protocols covered by the 2004 decision. |
You have to sit and wonder if it wouldn't have been better to stay with that rather than the judge forcing the commission to go back and write a 96-page rule. |